This category includes objects used in personal hygiene, with a case surrounding the instruments.  The instruments include a pointed rod, possibly a khol stick, a lancet, or stiletto, a flattened spatual object, and a pair of tweezers.  These are encased in a metal cone known as a reticule.  

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
14081A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 manicure implements. [A] Copper tweezers & [B] kohl(?) stick. Bound at top with copper wire.
14081B 31-17-254 (none) (none) [A-B] 2 manicure implements. [A] Copper tweezers & [B] kohl(?) stick. Bound at top with copper wire.
14922 31-17-270 (none) (none) Copper spatula (?) Slender metal rod with flattened disk head. [drawing 1:1]
15790 (none) (none) (none) Copper tweezers. Type same as 15789
17093 (none) (none) (none) Kohl pin. Iron. With bent head. Tip missing. [drawing 1:1]
17353A (none) (none) (none) Manicure (?) implements. Bone. Polished. [drawing 1:1]
17413 (none) (none) (none) Kohl pin. Iron. With bent head. Tip missing. [drawing]
17634A 92-4-18 (none) (none) [A-C] 3 kohl pins. Copper. Square with round heads. [drawing 1:1]
18295 (none) (none) (none) Bone toilet instrument (?) With ring at top, now broken. Smoothed and pointed.
18936 (none) (none) (none) Copper reticule.
19154D 35-1-506 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
18943G (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Gold earring, small lunate type. (B) Silver finger ring, plain wire hoop. (C) Silver hair ring, 2 coils of plain wire. (D) Gold twisted ribbon fillet, with hole at each end. (E) Beads: lapis diamonds and tubes, crystal rings, silver diamonds and balls and small blue glaze cylinders. (F) Copper pin, type 8. (G) Copper reticule.
8690B (none) (none) B16957 [A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing.
9191C (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper knife, [B] axe, and [C] reticule. All corroded together. Knife straight-sided L. 145mm, W. 43mm; Axe, broken, L. about 210mm; the reticule much broken.
17634B (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 kohl pins. Copper. Square with round heads. [drawing 1:1]
17634C (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 kohl pins. Copper. Square with round heads. [drawing 1:1]
18930F (none) (none) (none) (A) Gold hair-ribbon, spirally twisted, with hole at each end. (B) 2 earrings, gold lunate type intertwined with similar type in copper. [B.1 and .2] (C) copper finger ring, spirally wound wire. (D) two copper toe rings.[D and H] (E) beads: carnelian tube, large flat oval agate, gold balls and diamonds, gold ribbed balls , carnelian barrels and balls, carnelian double conoid, lapis double conoid and tubes, agate date-shaped: silver balls, (in original order). (F) copper reticule. (G) copper bowl, type 3.
9127B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper stiletto and [B] tweezers (imperfect). Originally together on a ring. Type as of the gold example.
12199B (none) (none) (none) Copper [A] Tweezers & [B] stiletto.
14014B (none) (none) (none) Manicure tools. [A] Copper tweezers, [B] kohl pin and [C] a third tool.
14014C (none) (none) (none) Manicure tools. [A] Copper tweezers, [B] kohl pin and [C] a third tool.
(none) 30-12-330 (none) B18049 (none)
19154C 35-1-507 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
19154B 35-1-508 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
19154A 35-1-509 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
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